title: Esthesioneuroblastoma treated with external radiotherapy. Case report.
abstract: Esthesioneuroblastoma is a rare tumour arising from the olfactory epithelium of the nasal vault which frequently invades the cranial base and orbit. Esthesioneuroblastoma has a bimodal age distribution between 11 and 20 years and between 51 and 60 years. Esthesioneuroblastoma accounts for approximately 1-5% of intranasal cancers. The case is reported of a 79-year-old female patient with a Kadish stage C tumour with a one-year history of headache, nasal obstruction, anosmia, rhinorrhoea and epistaxis. Aim of this study is to analyse the natural history, treatment and prognosis of this tumour, based on a review of the literature.
authors.affiliation: Radiotherapy Unit, AUSL BR1, Perrino Hospital, Brindisi. francescotramacere@libero.it
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tramacere
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bambace
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: De Luca
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Castagna
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Francavilla
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Leone
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Monastero
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fucilli
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pili
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Portaluri
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D018304:Esthesioneuroblastoma, Olfactory / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010255:Paranasal Sinus Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*